Parenting

14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family

By: Paul David Tripp

Narrated by: John Cameron Copeland

Over 100,000 Copies in Print

What is your calling as a parent?

In the midst of folding laundry, coordinating carpool schedules, and breaking up fights, many parents get lost. Feeling pressure to do everything “right” and raise up “good” children, it’s easy to lose sight of our ultimate purpose as parents in the quest for practical tips and guaranteed formulas.

In this life-giving book, Paul Tripp offers parents much more than a to-do list. Instead, he presents us with a big-picture view of God’s plan for us as parents. Outlining fourteen foundational principles centered on the gospel, he shows that we need more than the latest parenting strategy or list of techniques. Rather, we need the rescuing grace of God―grace that has the power to shape how we view everything we do as parents.

Freed from the burden of trying to manufacture life-change in our children’s hearts, we can embrace a grand perspective of parenting overflowing with vision, purpose, and joy.

©2016 Paul David Tripp (P)2024 One Audiobooks

Critic reviews

Winner of the ECPA Book of the Year Award for Christian Living

Must read

Parenting by Paul Tripp is one of those books that I wish every Christian parent would read. It’s not a list of parenting hacks or behavior-management strategies—it’s a heart-level, gospel-centered approach to raising children. Tripp reminds us that our kids don’t just need discipline; they need grace, just like we do.

What I love most is how he continually brings everything back to Christ. Instead of trying to control outcomes, he encourages parents to faithfully shepherd their children, trusting God with the results. His perspective has challenged me to shift my focus from simply correcting behavior to truly discipling my children.

This book is both convicting and encouraging. It doesn’t leave you feeling burdened with more to do, but instead, it points you to the freedom and hope found in Christ. If you’re a Christian parent looking for wisdom that goes beyond surface-level advice, this is a must-read!

Life changing

This is one of those books that can change the trajectory of your parenting, deepen your relationships with your kids and God. It is challenging yet comforting at the same time.

Gospel Centered Parenting

Keep the gospel at the center of your parenting and don’t threaten, manipulate, or guilt your children

Very edifying!

I loved this book, great help for parents! Very helpful information about heart change and examining your own heart as the parent before dealing with your children’s sin.

so accessible it's encouraging

I appreciate how humble he is about his own parenting faults, and the variety of raw, relatable scenarios he paints. Then he brings hope to those moments by showing how they are gospel opportunities. This is a book I truly plan to return to and soak in again and again as our children grow - and I rarely finish books, let alone revisit them!

Just as crucially valuable for me and the adults as for raising children

Many things weee so important for my relationship with adult family members and myself and God - many perfectly worded great fundamental truths

Great read

Very practical, strategic thinking to raise children according to God's will...strongly recommend this book for those raising kids

Best parenting book I’ve read! Will read again!

A must read. It’s not a list of to dos. It’s a mind set. Every parent needs to read this book.

Easy listen.

Quality reflections. Constant awareness that my children are Not actually "mine" but rather followers of Christ. Act accordingly.